University of Wyoming/Casper College Center
Total credit requirement: 121 minimum
48 credit hours must be upper division 
Program effective: Fall 2012
UW/CC Advising Office: ph. 268.2635
With Concurrent Major in Biology
Name: ________________________________________________ Evaluated by: ___________________________________
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UNIVERSITY STUDIES PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
CORE COMPONENTS
If transfer from WY CC, USP Core Complete? Y___ N___
Intellectual Community (1 course, 1-3 credits)
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Not required if transferring 16 or more credits to UW/CC from any institution.
Writing 1 (1 course, minimum 3 credits)
____ (WA) ENGL 1010 (3)
Quantitative Reasoning (2 courses, 6-8 credits)
____ (QA): MATH 1400 or MATH 1405
____ (QB): STAT 2050 (must be this course)
Natural Sciences (8 credits) (SB & SP)
____ (SB): BIOL 1010 (part of Major Content)
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Cultural Context (3 courses, 9 credits)
(3 hours from CH, CS, and CA; can substitute C for ONE area)
____ (CH): Humanities: ________________________
____ (CS): Social Science: _____________________
____ (CA): Arts: ____ _________________________
Oral Communication (1 course, 3 credits)
____ (O): EDST 3000
Date: _________________________________________
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Professional education courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.
____ PSYC 2300 Child Psychology (3)*
____ EDFD 2100 Educational Psychology
____ Sophomore standing (30+ credits)
Phase I
Equiv. EDST 2450
____ EDUC 2100 Public School Practicum*
____ EDFD 2020 Foundations of Education (3)*
EDST 2480
____ ITEC 2360 Teaching with Microcomputers (3)*
____EDEX 2484 Introduction to Special Education (3)*
____ C or better in QA
____ C or better in WA
____ Current Wyoming Substitute Teaching Permit
____ 2.75 UW Total Institutional GPA
____ Junior standing (60+ credits)
____ Application due one semester prior to enrollment
The above criteria and application packet must be met and completed prior to enrollment in WTEP Phase II
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Phase II
____ EDST 3000
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(6) Teacher as Practitioner
____ 2.75 GPA UW Total Institutional GPA
____ 2.5 GPA (content) effective Fall 2005
____ EDST 3550
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(2) Educational Assessment
____ Application due one semester prior to enrollment
US & Wyoming Constitution (1 course, 3 credits)
____ (V) POLS 1000, ECON 1200, HIST 1211, 1221, or 1251
Physical Activity & Health (1 course w/ 2 parts, 1 credit)
____ (P) PEAC 1001_____________________________
EMBEDDABLE COMPONENTS
May be part of another course (ordinarily a 3 credit course) or in courses dedicated solely to this component
Information Literacy (1 course)
_____ (L): ITEC 2360
Writing 2 & 3 (2 courses)
_____ (WB): EDST 3000, Teacher as Practitioner
_____ (WC): EDEL 4275; Methods II: Sec. Sci. Ed.
Global Awareness (1 course)
____ (G) ______________________________________
The above criteria and application packet must be met and completed prior to enrollment in WTEP Phase III
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Phase III
Phase IIIa: Methods and Practicum
_____ EDSE 3275
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(3) Methods I: Sec. Sci. Ed.
_____ EDSE 4275
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(3) Methods II: Sec. Sci. Ed
PHASE IIIb: Residency
_____ EDSE 4500
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(15) Residency in Teaching
Diversity in the United States (1 course)
____ (D): ______________________________________
* Casper College, UW OR or UW/CC Courses

Minimum 2.5 GPA required in major content. All major content courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.
REQUIRED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COURSES: 24
HOURS
____ LIFE 1010 (4) General Biology (SB*)
____ LIFE 2022 (4) Animal Biology * (BIOL 2020 can substitute)
____ LIFE 2023 (4) Plant and Fungal Biology (Spring only at CC)*
____ MOLB 2021/MICR 2021 (4) General Microbiology* OR
BIOL 3000 (3) Microbial Diversity and Microbial
Phylogeny
____ LIFE 3050 (4) Genetics++* OR
LIFE 3500 (3) Evolutionary Biology++ *
____ LIFE 3400 (4) Ecology* (Spring only at UW/CC)
ELECTIVE COURSES: 15 additional hours in the
Biological Sciences
Electives may be from one or more of the areas of emphasis below; 8 hours minimum must be upper division (3000-level or above).
Microbial Emphasis:
____ LIFE 4400 (3) Microbial Ecology
____ LIFE 3600 (3) Cell Biology * (Fall only @ UW/CC)
____ LIFE 3000 (3) Microbial Diversity and Molecular
Phylogeny
____ MOLB 2220 (4) Pathogenic Microbiology
____ MICR 4140 (4) Soil Microbiology
____ MOLB 2021/MICR 2021 General Microbiology
Plant and Fungal Emphasis:
____ LIFE 3600 (3) Cell Biology * (Fall only @ UW/CC)
____ BOT 3100 (3) Plants and Civilization
____ BOT 3200 (3) Plant Anatomy
____ BOT 4300 (4) Mycology
____ BOT 4330 (3) Cultivation of Edible & Medicinal
Mushrooms
____ BOT 4400 (4) Plant Physiology
____ BOT 4640 (3) Flora of the Rocky Mountains* OR
BOT 4680 (4) Taxonomy of Vascular Plants*
____ CROP 4520 (3) Plant Breeding
____ PLNT 2025 (3) Horticultural Science
____ RNEW 2100 (3) Forest Management
Prerequisite Courses: CHEM 1000 or 1020 and LIFE 1010
++Prerequisite Courses: LIFE 1010 and one of LIFE 2022 or LIFE 2023
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Animal Emphasis:
____ ANSC 3010 (4) Comp. Anat. & Phys. of Domestic
Animals
____ LIFE 3600 (3) Cell Biology*
____ ENTO 4684 (4) Classification of Insects
____ KIN/ZOO 2040 (3) Human Anatomy*
____ ZOO 2450 (3) Principles of Fish and Wildlife
Management
____ KIN/ZOO 3120 (3) Human Integrative Physiology
____ KIN 3021 (4) Physiology of Exercise
____ KIN/ZOO 3115 (3) Human Systems Physiology
____ ZOO 3600 (3) Principles of Animal Behavior
____ ZOO 4330 (3) Ichthyology*
____ ZOO 4350 (3) Ornithology*
____ ZOO 4370 (3) Mammalogy*
____ ZOO 4380 (3) Herpetology
____ ZOO 4540 (4) Invertebrate Zoology
Ecology Emphasis:
____ LIFE 3410 (2) Introduction to Field Ecology
____ LIFE 4400 (3) Microbial Ecology
____ BOT 4700 (4) Vegetation Ecology
____ RNEW 2100 (3) Forest Management
____ ZOO 4300 (3) Principles of Wildlife Ecology & Mgmt.
____ ZOO 4400 (3) Population Ecology
Genetics and Evolution Emphasis:
____ MOLB 4440 (3) Molecular Genetics
____ MOLB 4450 (3) Cell and Developmental Genetics
____ CROP 4520 (3) Plant Breeding
REQUIRED ELECTIVES: 20 hours (minimum)
_____ STAT 2050 (4) Fundamentals of Statistics
_____ CHEM 1000 (4) Intro Chemistry OR
CHEM 1020 (4) General Chemistry I
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PHYS 1110 (4) General Physics
One course from three of the following areas: 8 hours (minimum)
Earth & Space Science (ASTR 1080 Astronomy counts)
Environmental Science
Range Mgmt
Entomology
Conservation
Natural Science
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* Casper College, UW OR or UW/CC Courses